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prosthetics

prost·he·tics

UK/pɹɒsˈθɛtɪks/ US/pɹəsˈθɛtɪks/ uncommon

noun

1.

the branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts

Origin

By surface analysis, prosth- + -etic + -s.

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